Month: October 2017

It’s officially Fall and cold and rainy. It’s Michigan.  It’ll most likely snow on Halloween.

On Saturday we were up and took the kids to swim class.  Ajax is getting better at backstroke and Noomi is really working on her kickers/pullers.  She can flip over quickly and float on her back.  Both kids love swim class and are really becoming comfortable in the water.   I’m pretty sure I’ll be pressing them to join the swim team when they get older, lol.

After swim class Grandma Dara and Papa came over and we all went trick-or-treating in downtown Williamston.   The kids had fun, saw a lot of their friends, and of course, got a lot of candy.  It was in the mid-40s, so by the time we got home everyone was pretty cold, so we made some hot chocolate and ate a bunch of junk.

On Sunday we bummed around and went for a hike in the woods. It was a little cool, but so beautiful seeing the leaves changing colors.

Last Saturday we had a bit going on!  The kids had swim class in the morning (they are doing great!) and then we went shopping.  Ajax had a soccer game in town and then we headed to South Lyon to my cousin Laura’s house for a cousin Halloween Party!    The kids carved pumpkins, busted open a pinata, and ate junk food for hours.

We had a bonfire and the kids piled up sticks and then played dark tag around the yard.  They had so much fun and it reminded me of times when I was little with my cousins.  They also had little glow sticks and I remember being a kid and throwing them up into the air and having bats swoop down at them.  Well, I shared memory with the kids who immediately launched the glow sticks into the air and almost into the fire.  Overall, an excellent time!

Today was anti-bullying day and with the drama in town surrounding the School Board’s policy it was definitely needed!  When we stand together no one stands alone!

Well we’re headed into October and right on schedule our Garden City home is up on the market.  It took a bit of work to get it ready to show after the renters left, but luckily we were put in contact with some excellent contractors.  We did a final walk through with Jim and were amazed at how nice the home looked.

Ajax insisted he remembered the home, but we have our doubts. He was after all, only three when we moved.  The kids had fun walking around the house and exploring outside.  We spoke with our old neighbors, who couldn’t believe how big the kids were now.

After the walk through we ate dinner at Dave’s favorite restaurant, Bangkok 96, on Telegraph and Michigan Ave.  The kids were picky, but Dave and I ate a ton.  After that we realized it was rush-hour, so we decided to kill some time by exploring Harry’s Army Surplus.  We didn’t think about it, but both kids had a pop with dinner, so they kind of freaked out in the army store with the toy guys, gas masks, deactivated hand grenades, and cool old army helmets.

A bit ago Noomi and I headed to Detroit for a wedding brunch for Ms. Darcy.  The location was a bit deceiving as it wasn’t in the greatest area of town and from the street the address looked like a brick abandoned building.  Hesitantly we turned down a side street to go around back and the place came alive with valet parking, an outdoor band, and people dancing and sipping mojitos.  We were, of course, hesitant and confused, but nonetheless turned over our keys to the valet.  The food was great, company was great, and of course everyone is excited for the wedding!

During dinner tonight I gave the kids a little interview!  Here it is –

Ajax (age 8; 3rd grade):

• If you could live in a house shaped like anything, what would it be?  A big diamond. I think that’s like a cool design for my house. There would be support beams on the sides. Invisible support beams.
• What do you think is in outer space? I think there’s um, aliens. Maybe like wreckage’s of alien space ships.  What do you mean by aliens?  I mean creatures in space.
• Where is the most wonderful place you’ve ever been?  I honestly don’t know.  Oh the ocean, the ocean!  Liked that there were shells everyplace!  And you stand where the waves are, so that they are pushing against you.
• What are you good at?  Running.
• What’s the nicest thing anyone has ever said to you? I love you. Who says that? You do (Noomi – that’s cause she’s our mom).
• What is the worst smell in the world?  Max’s farts. It smells awful; I almost barfed, it smells like rotten and smelly eggs.
• What do you want to be when you grow up?  A Scientist. What kind? Wait no a miner. What do mean by that? I want to mine in a mine-shaft and like, find gold.  No wait, I want to be a farmer.  I want to farm potatoes, corn, and beans.
• What’s your favorite song?  We Will Rock You.
• Favorite band? Queen
• What is love?  It’s when someone likes another person. How does it make you feel? Happy.  (Noomi -they kiss and marry).

 

Noomi (age 5; Kindergarten):

• If you could live in a house shaped like anything, what would it be?  A circle. Because so we can push the house and make it roll.  Everybody would roll it, push on that side- Whosh!!
• What do you think is in outer space?  It is spaceships, aliens, stars, the sun, the moon.  And then space people. That’s all 6 people.  Guys that go into space. Ajax – like astronauts? Noomi, yea.
• Where is the most wonderful place you’ve ever been?  It is Papa’s house.  Because I get to see Mabel.  Mabel is my favorite dog there.
• What are you good at?  I’m good at drawing.
• What’s the nicest thing anyone has ever said to you? I love you. Ajax- who says that? Noomi *tapping my foot with her finger* this girl right here-  Mrs. Indish.
• What is the worst smell in the world? Toilets.
• What do you want to be when you grow up?  I wanna be a piece of a hot dog (she provided no further explanation).
• What’s your favorite song? Momma loves you.
• Favorite band? Queen.
• What is love?  If a boy and a girl and they are rushing to each other and they love each other and they kiss they get in love.
• Who is your hero?  Ajax. Why ? He’s funny and all the time plays with me. All the time does fly mode.
• If you were invisible for a day, what would you do?  I would turn invisible and I would just make myself get lost.  Like go at the playground without even asking my mom.
  • Ajax – I would haunt people.
  • Noomi – Actually I’d turn invisible and go into people’s houses and take stuff. Noomi that’s stealing dude. Oh never mind. I’m just gonna rush up to the clouds and touch the sun.

Believe it or not September has skipped right along and we’re now into October.  Kids are enjoying school.  Ajax has been focusing on improving his handwriting and Noomi is working on letter sounds and heart words.  She’s having a bit of difficulty recognizing that individual letters make up words, and words make up sentences, etc.  But we’re working on it.  Both kids are doing amazing in swim class and both were just bumped up a level.

This weekend was pretty quiet, like most Saturdays the kids had swim, then we went grocery shopping.  Afterwards Noomi had a birthday party and then after that we had dinner over a friends house.  On Sunday we made a big breakfast and then went hiking in the woods.  Ajax had a soccer game in Eaton Rapids on Sunday and after that we grabbed a quick dinner before heading home and into bed.